Cinnamon Rolls with Coconut

Ingredients:

• Yeast, 2 envelopes
• Butter (room temp.), 75 gr
• Milk, 300 ml
• Salt, 1/2 tsp
• Sugar, 75 gr
• Flour, 550 gr

For the filling:

• Butter
• Sugar
• Ground cinnamon
• Egg (for brushing), 1
• Grated dry coconut

For dusting:

• Sugar

Preparation:

In a sauce pan heat up the milk with the butter until the butter is melted (not to let it boil).

Mix in a bowl all the other ingredients and add to it the milk, keep mixing until all the ingredients are well blended.

Let the dough rest for around 30 minutes in a warm dark place.

Roll out the dough in a rectangular shape (around 1 to 2 cm thick).

Spread the dough with butter and then sprinkle it with sugar,grated coconut and cinnamon.

Roll the dough and cut  with a knife slices from it, lay them on a baking dish (previously covered with baking paper).

Let them rise for around 30 minutes, cover it with a kitchen towel.

Brush the rolls with the egg (mixed previously) and sprinkle them with sugar.

In an oven previously preheated at 220 degrees celcius bake the rolls for around 8 minutes.